RE: COMMON attempting to add AIX to the mix...

[Glenn Ericson <glenn-ericson@xxxxxxx>]

Jerry
Guess that is a positive way to look  at this.
Truth  will come out  in the number of non IBM volunteered sessions, 
and the AIX session attendances.

        Glenn

At 09:48 AM 12/16/2008, Jerry Adams wrote:
> COMMON has already had a scattering of Linux sessions (which I found 
> interesting) or sessions that recommended Linux.  I don't recall any 
> AIX sessions, but they're pretty similar, aren't they, since both 
> are offshoots of Unix?
>
> I bought Ted Holt's book on QShell recently because...well, I 
> thought it would be a good thing to know.  The System i isn't a /36 
> (which I adored) with a closed system.  Unlike the old days when one 
> could come pretty darn close to knowing everything there was to know 
> about a system, that isn't true any more.
>
> Ergo, I think that COMMON is serving the membership positively by 
> making this part of the conference.  I don't know how they plan to 
> implement it, but my guess is there will be some tweaking along the 
> way to iron out some of the anomalies or just to improve it.  I 
> would, also, look forward to COMMON adding some AIX, Linux, and such 
> topics to their webcasts.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jerry C. Adams
> IBM System i Programmer/Analyst
> B&W Wholesale
> office: 615-995-7024
> email:  jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 3:45 PM
> To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> Subject: COMMON attempting to add AIX to the mix...
>
> Well, now that the press is talking about it publicly I feel safe to ask a
> few questions.
>
>
>
> It would appear that COMMON now wants to be your AIX users group as well as
> the traditional iSeries(or whatever).
>
>
>
> What do you guys think of this move?
>
>
>
> DR2
>
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